Harold Bertram OCKERBY

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OCKERBY, Harold Bertram

Service Numbers:	7338, WX7336
Enlisted:	11 December 1917, Enlisted at Northam, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Penguin, Tasmania, Australia, 24 April 1899
Home Town:	Kellerberrin, Kellerberrin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Execution , Singapore, 19 February 1942, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery Special Memorial 32, D, 13. Singapore
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Dec 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7338, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Northam, WA
13 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 7338, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
13 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 7338, 28th Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Fremantle
4 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 28th Battalion
21 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7338, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX7336
6 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7336, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922

Name - Harold Bertram Ockerby
Birth Date - 24 Apr 1899
Birth Place - Tasmania
Registration Year - 1899
Registration Place -Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
Father - Alfred Lockton Ockerby
Mother - Emily Mary S Jackson
Registration Number -2620

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred Lockton Ockery and Emily Mary Ockerby nee Jackson of Kellerberrin, WA formerly of Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Main disembarking on 27 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.

During 1923c Harold married Ellen Marcella O'Neill in Perth, WA.

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